Archive for September, 2008

Beer 4 Chx: SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION

I’m so stoked to be in this month’s issue of Gourmet Magazine. I’ve subscribed to this magazine since I was 12, so I’m thrilled beyond words. I hope that you will pick it up if you see it and check it out! I’m on page 56. Right after a really great…

LIQUID DIET: the blog: Once there was a deli…

….and now there will be the Craft Ale House.
And that, my friends, is change we can believe in.
I’ve posted the story over here where I get paid to do such things.
The new place will be on the site of the former Limerick Deli on Ridge Pike…

RealBeer.co.nz: A Sunday Beer Sampler

There was a unique theme for the IRD Social Club beer tasting on Friday night:
Although the room was done up in its “traditional” Oktoberfest decorations consisting of German flags and pictures of David Hasselhoff with his shirt off, the actual th…

RealBeer.co.nz: September Salient Points

This Salient magazine column casts an Eye Over the Monteith’s Beer and Wild Food Challenge results:
Over at the Southern Cross, their wild boar loin was guarded by a “jelly which will stare you down.” Like a scene from Lord of the Rings, the plate…

My Beer Pix: Homegrown Hop 15 on tap at Lost Abbey

So we’re sitting here having pints of Homegrown Hop 15. that’s Hop 15 dry hopped with locally-grown Centennial hops courtesy of Sheldon out in Fallbrook. Tomme has the full story on his blog right here.

This is an extremely limited release — it’s on…

Seen Through a Glass: Kentucky Bourbon Festival: The Bourbonians

I left you in the last post at about 4:00. Nothing much happened in the next three hours: picked up a few souvenirs, got some cold drinks, and then I sequestered myself in my room and wrote the sidebar I’d done that interview for earlier in the aftern…

The Beer Philosopher: BEER REVIEW – RUSSIAN RIVER TEMPTATION

Occasionally I’ll come across a beer that still gives me that “oh wow” moment. Not that I’m not impressed with many finely crafted beers, but I generally go in knowing (to some degree) what to expect and set my expectations accordingly so I’m not that…

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: #10 – Where in the beer world?

If you know where in the beer world this photo was taken please leave a comment.
Don’t worry about being the first to answer – your comments are welcome at any time.
Yes, this makes two photos in the first ten in this series featuring cobwebs, …

Wort’s Going On Here?: Wheat Experiment Update

As of last weekend, Satan says everything looked good with our wheat experiment. He planned to bottle the American wheat and add some raspberry extract to a few bottles to see how things went. But on Monday he told me things were still percolating.

The Beer Brotha: Oktoberfest and FAMU Football

Sitting here watching my alma mater Florida A&M whoop up on Howard U. We got a 41-0 lead and we just intercepted the ball and ran it back to the 4 yard line. We found PLENTY more Oktoberfests at a different SPECS out here in the ‘burbs, so I’m goi…